A Translation of the New Testament from the original Greek Part 15

(5)Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. (6)Then, though he heard he was ill, yet notwithstanding he abode in the same place where he was two days. (7)But after that he saith to his disciples, Let us go again into Judea. (8)The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews have just now sought to stone thee; and art thou going thither again?

(9)Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because he seeth the light of this world. (10)But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light with him. (11)These things said he: and after that he saith to them, Our friend Lazarus is asleep; but I go to waken him up.

(12)Then said his disciples, Lord, if he is asleep, he will recover.

(13)Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they apprehended that he spake of taking rest in sleep. (14)Then Jesus therefore told them plainly, Lazarus is dead. (15)And I rejoice on your account that I was not there, in order that ye may believe; but let us go to him. (16)Then said Thomas, (called Didymus, the twin,) to his fellow-disciples, Let us go too, that we may die with him.

(17)Then Jesus, when he came; found that he had already lain in the tomb four days. (18)Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: (19)and many of the Jews had come with the women who were about Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

(20)Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, met him: but Mary sat in the house. (21)And Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. (22)But even now I know, that whatsoever things thou shalt ask of G.o.d, G.o.d will give thee. (23)Jesus saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again. (24)Martha saith to him, I know that he shall rise at the resurrection in the last day. (25)Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: (26)and every one who is alive, and believeth in me, shall never die to eternity. Believest thou this? (27)She saith to him, Yes, Lord I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of G.o.d, who cometh into the world.

(28)So when she had thus spoken, she went away, and called her sister Mary privately, saying, The Master is near at hand, and calleth for thee. (29)As soon as she heard it, she rose hastily, and came to him.

(30)Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was on the spot where Martha had met him. (31)Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, observing Mary, that she rose up hastily, and went out, followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb, to weep there.

(32)When therefore Mary was come where Jesus was, beholding him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died! (33)When Jesus then saw her weeping, and all the Jews who came with her lamenting, he groaned in spirit, and was himself greatly agitated: (34)and he said, Where have ye laid him? They say to him, Lord, come and see. (35)Jesus wept. (36)Then said the Jews, Behold, how he loved him! (37)But some of them said, Could not this man, who openeth the eyes of the blind, have caused that this person should not have died? (38)Then Jesus again groaning in himself, cometh to the sepulchre. It was an excavation, and a stone lay upon it.

(39)Jesus saith, Remove the stone. The sister of the deceased, Martha, said to him, Lord, he is by this time putrid: for he hath been dead four days. (40)Jesus saith unto her, Did I not tell thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shalt see the glory of G.o.d? (41)Then they removed the stone where the deceased was lying. And Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me!

(42)And I knew that thou always dost hear me: but for the sake of the mult.i.tude standing by I spake, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. (43)And when he had thus spoken, with a loud voice he cried, Lazarus, come forth! (44)And the deceased came forth, his feet and his hands wrapped with the linen swathes; and his face bound round with a napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose him, and let him go!

(45)Then many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what Jesus had done, believed on him. (46)But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. (47)The chief priests and Pharisees therefore called the sanhedrim together, and said, What are we about? for this man is doing many miracles. (48)If we suffer him to go on thus, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come, and take away both our place and nation. (49)Then one particular person of them, Caiaphas, being the high-priest of that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing, (50)nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation be not destroyed. (51)And this he spake not from himself: but being the high-priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; (52)and not for that nation only, but that he should collect into one body the children of G.o.d wherever dispersed. (53)Then from that day they consulted together how they might kill him.

(54)Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but went thence into the country bordering on the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he abode with his disciples. (55)Now the pa.s.sover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the pa.s.sover, in order to purify themselves. (56)Then they sought for Jesus, and said one to another, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? (57)Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any person knew where he was, they should declare it, that they might apprehend him.

CHAP. XII.

JESUS then before the days of the pa.s.sover came to Bethany, where the deceased Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead. (2)Therefore they made him a supper there; and Martha waited: but Lazarus was one of those who sat at table with him. (3)Then Mary taking a pound of unadulterated balm of nard, very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. (4)Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, who was preparing to betray him, (5)Wherefore was not this aromatic ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor? (6)Now he said this, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and carried the money put therein. (7)Then said Jesus, Let her alone: for the day of my burial hath she reserved this. (8)For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

(9)Then the whole mult.i.tude of the Jews knew that he was there: and they came not for the sake of Jesus only, but also that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. (10)Then the chief priests consulted how they might kill Lazarus also; (11)because on his account many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

(12)On the morrow a great mult.i.tude who came to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, (13)took branches of palm, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna! blessed is the king of Israel, that cometh in the name of the Lord.

(14)Then Jesus, having found a young a.s.s, sat upon it; as it is written, (15)"Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on the foal of an a.s.s." (16)These things indeed knew not his disciples at first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

(17)Then the mult.i.tude that was with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore their testimony.

(18)Therefore also the mult.i.tude met him, because they had heard that he had done this miracle. (19)Then said the Pharisees among themselves, Do ye not perceive that ye gain no advantage? behold, the world is gone after him.

(20)Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast: (21)these then came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida, of Galilee, and they asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus.

(22)Philip comes and speaks to Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. (23)Then Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. (24)Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat falling on the earth undergo a deathlike change, it abideth single: but if it _thus_ die, it beareth abundant produce. (25)He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it to life eternal. (26)If a man will be my servant, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my servant be: and if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

(27)Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. (28)Father, glorify thy name! Then came a voice from heaven, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. (29)The mult.i.tude that stood by, and heard it, said that it was thunder: others said, An angel hath spoken to him. (30)Jesus answered and said, This voice came not for my sake, but for your's. (31)Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the ruler of this world be ejected out _of it_. (32)And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. (33)And this he said, signifying by what death he should die.

(34)Then the mult.i.tude answered him, We have heard out of the law, that the Messiah abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, That the Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? (35)Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest the darkness overtake you: he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not even whither he is going. (36)While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of the light. These things spake Jesus, and going away, concealed himself from them.

(37)Now, though he had done so many miracles before them, they believed not on him: (38)that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, "Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?" (39)For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah had said again; (40)"He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts; lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with the heart, and be converted, and I should heal them." (41)These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. (42)However, notwithstanding, many even of the rulers believed on him; but on account of the Pharisees they did not make open profession, lest they should be put out of the synagogues: (43)for they loved honour from men, more than honour from G.o.d.

(44)Then Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. (45)And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. (46)I am come a light into the world, that every one who believeth on me should not abide in darkness. (47)And if any man, hearing my words, believeth not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. (48)He that sets me at nought, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: even the word which I have spoken, the same shall judge him at the last day.

(49)Because I have not spoken of myself; but the Farther who has sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

(50)And I know that his commandment is life eternal: therefore the things which I speak to you, just as the Father spake to me, so speak I.

CHAP. XIII.

NOW before the feast of the pa.s.sover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come, that he should go out of this world to the Father, having loved his peculiar people that are in the world, he loved them to the end.

(2)And supper being served, (the devil having now injected into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, that he should betray him;) (3)Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came out from G.o.d, and was going to G.o.d; (4)he rises from supper, and lays aside his garments, and taking a towel, he wound it about himself. (5)Then he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was begirt. (6)Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and he saith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? (7)Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. (8)Peter saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet: no, never. Jesus answered him, Except I wash thee, thou hast no part with me. (9)Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

(10)Jesus saith to him, He that is washed hath need only to wash his feet, for he is entirely clean: and ye are clean, but not all. (11)(For he knew who would betray him; therefore he said, Ye are not all clean.) (12)When therefore he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and sat down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done unto you? (13)Ye call me Master, and Lord: and ye speak truly; for such I am. (14)If therefore I have washed your feet, though the Lord and the Master; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. (15)For I have given you an example, that just as I have done to you, ye should do also.

(16)Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor the messenger greater than him that sent him. (17)If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye practise them. (18)I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel against me. (19)Now I tell you previously, before this comes to pa.s.s, that, when it cometh to pa.s.s, ye may believe that I am. (20)Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I shall send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

(21)As Jesus was speaking these words, he was greatly agitated in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. (22)Then the disciples looked one at another, doubting of whom he spake. (23)Now there was one of the disciples reclining on the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus loved.

(24)Therefore Simon Peter gave him a significant look, that he should inquire of Jesus, which of them it should be of whom he spake. (25)And he leaning on the breast of Jesus, said to him, Lord, which is it?

(26)Jesus answered, It is he to whom I shall give this morsel of bread, when I have dipped it. And dipping the morsel of bread, he gave it unto Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. (27)And after the sop, then entered Satan into him. Jesus saith to him, What thou doest, do quickly.

(28)Now none of those who sat at table knew wherefore he had spoken to him. (29)For some supposed, as Judas kept the purse, that Jesus was saying to him, Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. (30)Having then received the sop, he went out immediately: now it was night.

(31)When therefore he was gone, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and G.o.d is glorified in him. (32)If G.o.d is glorified in him, G.o.d will also glorify him with himself, and immediately glorify him.

(33)My dear children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: as I said to the Jews, Whither I am going, ye cannot come; so say I now to you. (34)A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

(35)By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

(36)Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, Whither art thou going? Jesus answered him, Whither I am going, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me hereafter. (37)Peter saith to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. (38)Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I tell thee, the c.o.c.k will not crow, before thou shalt deny me thrice.

CHAP. XIV.

LET not your hearts be troubled: trust in G.o.d, and trust in me. (2)In my Father's house are many mansions: and if not, I would have told you.

I go to prepare a place for you. (3)And if I go and prepare you a place, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (4)And whither I am going ye know, and the way ye know.

(5)Thomas saith to him, We know not whither thou art going; and how can we know the way? (6)Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me. (7)If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father: and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him.

(8)Philip saith to him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

(9)Jesus saith to him, Am I all this while with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou, Shew us the Father? (10)Dost thou not believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? the words which I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father, who dwelleth in me, he performeth these works. (11)Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: and at least believe me on account of the works themselves. (12)Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works which I do shall he do also; yea, and greater than these shall he do; because I go to the Father. (13)And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (14)If ye ask any thing in my name, I will do it. (15)If ye love me, keep my commandments. (16)And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; (17)the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; because he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. (18)I will not leave you orphans: I am coming to you. (19)Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

(20)In that day ye shall know that I am in the Father, and ye in me, and I in you. (21)He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he is the person who loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

(22)Then Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not unto the world? (23)Jesus answered and said to him, If any man love me, he will observe my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. (24)He that loveth me not, doth not observe my sayings: and the word which ye are hearing is not mine, but of him that sent me.

(25)These things have I spoken to you, while I continue among you.

(26)But the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, which I have spoken to you. (27)Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I to you. Let not your heart be agitated, nor shrink back through fear. (28)Ye have heard that I told you, I am going away, though I am coming again to you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I am going to the Father: because my Father is greater than I. (29)And now I have informed you before it comes to pa.s.s, that, when it is come to pa.s.s, ye may believe. (30)I shall not speak many things more with you: for the ruler of this world is coming, though in me he hath no part. (31)But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father hath given me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

CHAP. XV.

I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (2)Every branch in me that beareth no fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he pruneth it clean, that it may bring forth more fruit.

(3)Ye are already clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

(4)Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine: so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. (5)I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, this person beareth much fruit: because without me ye can do nothing. (6)If any man abide not in me, he is cast out as a branch, and withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (7)If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done for you. (8)Herein is my Father glorified, that ye should bring forth much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. (9)Just as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love. (10)If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and as I abide in his love. (11)These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may abide in you, and your joy may be full. (12)This is my commandment, That ye love one another, just as I have loved you.

(13)Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (14)Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever things I command you. (15)I no more call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his master is doing: but I have called you friends because I have made known to you all things which I have heard of my Father.

(16)Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you that ye should go forth and bear fruit, and that your fruit should be permanent: that so whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he may give it you. (17)These things I command you, that ye love one another. (18)If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before you. (19)If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have elected you out of the world, for this very cause the world hateth you. (20)Remember the word which I spake unto you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also; if they have observed my words, they will observe your's also. (21)But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. (22)Had I not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin. (23)He that hateth me hateth my Father also. (24)If I had not done among them the works which no other ever did, they would not have had sin: but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. (25)But it is in order that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, "They hated me without a cause." (26)But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: (27)and ye too shall bear your testimony, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

CHAP. XVI.

THESE things have I spoken, that ye might not be stumbled. (2)They will put you out of their synagogues: yea, the hour is coming, that every one who killeth you will think he offers G.o.d a sacred service. (3)And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. (4)But these things have I spoken to you, that when the hour is come, ye may remember the same for I had told you. But these things I told you not at the beginning, because I was with you. (5)But now I am going away to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither art thou going? (6)But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow hath filled your heart. (7)Yet I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I went not away, the Comforter would not come to you; but if I go, I will send him unto you. (8)And when he cometh, he will convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment: (9)of sin first, because they believe not in me; (10)then of righteousness, because I am going to the Father, so ye see me no more; (11)and of judgment, because the ruler of this world hath sentence p.r.o.nounced on him.

(12)I have many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them just now.

(13)But when he is come, the Spirit of truth, he will conduct you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever things he shall hear, he shall speak: and he will declare to you the things that shall come hereafter. (14)He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. (15)All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore I said, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. (16)A little while longer, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I am going to the Father.

(17)Then said some of the disciples unto each other, What is this which he saith to us, A little while longer, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and this, because I am going to the Father? (18)They said therefore, What is this which he saith, This little while? we know not what he means.

(19)Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Are ye questioning among yourselves concerning this declaration, which I spake, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me? (20)Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be very sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

(21)A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when the little son is born, she no more remembers the anguish, for joy that a man is brought into the world. (22)And ye therefore have indeed at present sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall be made glad, and your joy no man taketh from you.

(23)And in that hour ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, That whatsoever things ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you. (24)Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be complete. (25)These things have I spoken to you in parables: but the hour is coming when I will no more speak to you in parables, but will plainly inform you respecting the Father. (26)In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I do not say to you, I will entreat the Father for you: (27)for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from G.o.d. (28)I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I am leaving the world, and going to the Father.

(29)His disciples said unto him, Lo! now thou speakest plainly, and speakest in no-wise proverbial. (30)Now we know that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any person should ask thee: by this we believe that thou hast come forth from G.o.d. (31)Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? (32)Behold, the hour is coming, yea, it is already come, that ye shall be dispersed, each after his own concerns, and shall leave me alone: though I am not alone, because the Father is with me. (33)These things have I spoken to you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.